Robert Everett Coyle

Coyle was born in Fresno, California and received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Fresno State College (now California State University, Fresno) in 1953 and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1956. He was a Deputy district attorney of Fresno County, California from 1956 to 1958. He was in private practice in Fresno from 1958 to 1982.[1]

On March 11, 1982, Coyle was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California vacated by Judge Myron Donovan Crocker. Coyle was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 31, 1982, and received his commission on April 1, 1982. He served as Chief Judge from 1990 to 1996, assuming senior status on May 13, 1996. He served in that status until his death on May 7, 2012, in Fresno.[1]

• John Ellis (8 May 2012). "Retired Federal Judge Robert Coyle Dies at 82". The Fresno Bee. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
• Robert Everett Coyle at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.